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′This is good – the cases cover everything I have seen as a medical student in a typical medical take and all the emergency scenarios I should be aware of, deals with diagnosis and management, with good discussion of the rationale...the cases unfold in the way they would in the hospital, and questions are asked at pertinent times.′ – Medical Student, Oxford University
′Easy to read and understand...This book includes everything we needed to cover whilst on placement, covering a wide range of realistic situations...a bonus about this book is that it contains practical information that you can′t find in a lot of respiratory books...The examination section is brilliant...the cases are clear and easy to follow.′ – Medical Student, University of East Anglia
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Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases Uncovered
This essential title in the Clinical Cases Uncovered series includes many important scenarios in respiratory medicine that feature in real–life clinical practice. Everything is covered, from respiratory arrest and asthma to environmental effects and abnormal chest X–rays.
Anatomy, physiology and the relevant pathological background feature in the basic science section, with important advice on the approach to the patient. The self–assessment section at the end is crucial to testing your understanding, giving you the best possible preparation.
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The first section offers a basic science overview that is slanted towards clinical diseases, so for example discusses mechanisms of hypersensitivity which is obviously of relevance to asthma.
There is then a section on approach to the patient which includes examination and, usefully, investigations (eg detailed coverage of lung function tests).
The main body of the book though is composed of case studies. In the Respiratory CCU there are 29 cases which take up 190 pages. These provide an excellent way to make sure you get some exposure to the range of clinical disease in a speciality that you might miss out on placement (eg seeing only the really complicated stuff in a tertiary centre, or just the bread-and-butter stuff in a small regional hospital). There is an initial presenting feature (eg chest tightness and wheeze in 19-year-old male to his GP) which opens a discussion on history and examination. This then moves onto investigations (eg home peak flow) with a further update from the clinical scenario (eg diurnal variation in peak flow with morning dipping). The discussion then moves into management and complications etc, ending with a case summary and key points.
I find that clinical placements can be variable in terms of what cases you see and a book such as this provides a valuable way to back up your real clinical experience with written cases.
Finally there is a section on self-assessment - MCQs, EMQs and SAQs. These are excellent and help prepare for exams pretty well.
Overall this is an excellent format for complementing clinical experience and would be great to prepare for exams with.
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